Starting the night out . . .
Zakkushi Charcoal Grill
4075 Main Street
Vancouver, BC V5V 3P5
(604) 874-9455
Credit Card Accepted
Located in a somewhat un-touristy area, you might miss this place all together even when your GPS says you've arrived. They don't have any large signs stating the name of the restaurant, just nice black curtains that prints their name. This yakitori restaurant is one of three. The one we saw first was on Denman street on the West End, it had a line forming and it seemed to never end. We arrived at our location relatively early which was a blessing because a line was forming here too soon after we arrived.
Unlike other yakitori restaurants this place is well ventilated so that the smell of grilled meat, though it is a delicious smell, doesn't cling to your clothes for hours on end.
At nearly $2CAD per stick, it gets pricey if you're going there to fill-up. I would recommend those with a hearty appetite to come to this place as a night time snack or appetizer, unless you have an endless credit the feel free to eat your heart out, 'cause it's allll gooooood~
We ate our way down the menu and back up, or tried to at least.
G-Beef & P-toro: I loved the P-toro ♥
Japanese Calamari w/Plum Mayonnaise
Gyu-Tan
Mochi Maki & Salt Momo & Sauce Momo
Mentai kimchi Yakiudon: Kimchi was on the side
Triple Salmon Roll
P-toro & Me Maki: told you I ♥ P-toro
Wafu Salmon Tartar: Oh my so YUMMY!
Cod Roe & Salmon Flake Ochazuke
Like I mentioned earlier, this place can be a little spendy if you're trying to get full. For what you see up top it came to about $80CAD before tip. Be prepared with self control if you're on a budget!
Stroll in the park to work up another appetite...
Prospect Point
We had over prices soft serve Ice Cream: No joke, average size cone and it was $4CAD each!
My opinion, save the four bucks and go buy something else!
Rounding out the night. . .
Beefy Beef Noodle House
4063 Main Street
Vancouver, BC V5V 3P5
(604) 568-6821
Cash Only: We paid Canadian so I'm not sure if they accpet USD
Inexpensive Taiwan eats. Does that explain it all? Yes if you're a Taiwanese, but for those of you who have not had a chance to grace our little island of food paradise allow me to briefly explain. Great Taiwanese food should not come with a price tag that rivals those of a steak house, if you're paying too much then it's not authentic Taiwanese food! What you got was some weird fancy-pants version of what Taiwanese food is.
So here we are, a few thousand miles away from home, and was able to eat Beef Noodle the way it's served in Taiwan. Ahhh, good times. I won't say that there are some who will disagree about the goodness of it, but that's just a difference of opinion on taste. Everyone has their own favorite Beef noodle style or place, it's hard to get people to agree on what's the best. This is a dish that has it's annual competition after all, just to show you how serious this dish is to our culture. If you win it once, you get major bragging rights and the pressure of winning again.
Right, back to the BBNH; it's good, it's no Taiwan but it certainly isn't full of mainland Chinese people running the place. The Waite staff we were pretty sure was of Taiwanese decent, the food tasted relatively authentic and the price was just at the correct range. 4 of us with more food than we can stomach (after Zakkushi and a stroll in the park) came to $40CAD with Tip.
natural lighting is good, but when directed on the subject, lets just say baby smooth skin tends to reflect (who knew?)
Note to self: dark shirt + dark background = floating head effect
Timing is everything: he looks like the baby from that commercial about stocks
This one isn't bad, just sort of dark. No worries we'll fix it in post-production! (HA!)
This one is the best of the 5 I think, if only I could get his happy face from the 1st photo onto this body frame it would be a clear winner *sigh* I have much to learn about moving subject photography.
